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A Hot, Lazy Weekend in Santa Barbara: Reflections on Fletch Nearly Three Decades Later, Carpinteria State Beach, and Happy Vaping

It’s warm in Santa Barbara this weekend, just shy of oppressive at 3PM. A light breeze wafts in through the windows looking out onto the ocean in the distance. Ollie and Emma are lounging on the deck in the shade, … Continue reading

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Reflections on Relationships and the Relinquishment of One’s Own High and Pop Cultural Investments, or The Challenges of Living a Life of Ideas Outside the Academy

  Usually Ollie prefers the ottoman on which I’ve photographed him numerous times but the sun is so brilliant and warm streaming through the window, he decided to lounge about on the hardwood floor. He often sunbathes on the upper … Continue reading

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Writing Day at SB Apartment on Martin Luther King Holiday: SB Symphony Recap, Fun with Caulking Gun (Sort Of), Patriots Defeat and a Cheeseburger Sans Ketchup

  I’m in my cold Santa Barbara apartment for the first time in almost a week. I remembered to turn the new heater off when I left for LA, which doesn’t sound impressive but after 3 years with no heat, … Continue reading

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Last Morning in Newport: Musings From the Cabo Grill on Languages and The Client List

  “If your man gets what he needs at home, he doesn’t go lookin’ elsewhere.” –Riley (Jennifer Love Hewitt) in The Client List. Gazing on a large blue plastic Marlin at Cabo Grill, in the strip mall with Starbucks, Sushi … Continue reading

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I Left New Haven, 15th Yale Reunion, a Year Ago Today: Freshman Year (1990) and Memorial Day Reflections (2010)

It has been a lovely five days in LA with my parents. I did not quite finish typing the books, as my brother brought his girls and we spent the day with my parents before having dinner at Noma, a … Continue reading

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Love and Other Drugs: The Tragedy of Parkinson’s, The Horniness of Men, the Power of Love, The Greed of Pharmaceutical Co’s

WARNING: This is a SPOILER review. I analyze the entire movie, give away plot and critique the ending. I DO recommend the film, but it is much too long, drags after the midway point, and is better on the comedic … Continue reading

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